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New efforts by environmentalists to preserve Chinook salmon habitat; California takes collaborative step to stop cyber threats; and why bottom-up internal communications could improve your company’s performance.
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The Battle Upstream
Environmentalists work to preserve Chinook habitat
On the Yolo Bypass, just northwest of Sacramento, scientists and state and federal agencies are collaborating on a plan they hope could save California’s wild salmon.
Striking Back Against Cyberattacks
California takes collaborative step to stop cyber threats, but is it enough?
From small businesses to big chains and state agencies, no system is 100-percent hacker-proof. But in September, Gov. Jerry Brown took another step to prevent cyberattacks that cause data breaches with an order to create the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC).
Are You Listening?
Internal communication that starts at the bottom can launch your business to the top
Every well-meaning small business owner is capable of inflicting wounds that stifle drive, trust, employee engagement and motivation. Maybe not as blatantly as calling out incompetence, but neglect and disrespect through lack of communication de-motivates too. Worst of all, we don’t even know we are doing it.